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Shana Gadarian

@sgadarian.bsky.social
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Professor, Political Science | Syracuse University, Maxwell School | American politics, political psychology | Co-author of Anxious Politics and Pandemic Politics

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t think everyone realizes how bad things are for US science: For the fiscal year that just ended, the Trump regime withheld $1.4 billion from the National Science Foundation’s research budget, which is about 1/5 of its primary research budget.
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National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 14h
Thanks again to @stevenwwebster.bsky.social for hosting a research conference so I could see the absolutely beautiful campus of Indiana University.
Gates and greenery of IU campus in Bloomington.
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026
If you’re going to spend millions endowing faculty lines at public universities is a far better investment than spending colossal amounts of money every election cycle on candidates who will not win.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is actually what our rabbi's Rosh Hashanah sermon was about. A round rejection that AI has a soul and is conscious (and therefore would count in a minyan).
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Literal No Kings. Either Article I means something or it doesn't.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great day of research in American politics hosted by IU Center on American Politics. Thanks to @stevenwwebster.bsky.social for hosting!
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Elizabeth Lane @elizabethlane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨Job Posting!🚨 We are hiring @ncstate.bsky.social Political Science TT assistant professor in Latin American Politics. The Triangle is a great place to live and work. I’m not on the committee but I’m happy to answer any questions. jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...
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Assistant Professor
The Department of Political Science, in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)at North Carolina State University (NC State), invites applications for a tenure-track position atthe assis...
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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨 Job alert: Open call in my Department for an Assistant Professor position under the Serra Húnter Programme. The position is in Economic History and Institutions. HPE profiles are very welcome! Info: web.ub.edu/en/web/depar... Deadline: 13 October 2026.
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CRIS/Sciences Po (Paris) and IAB (Grenoble) are recruiting two postdoctoral *or* doctoral researchers to join a project on how pollution and other environmental exposures affect children’s development. Deadline Nov 13. www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news...
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI survey respondents tend to: A) respond far more confidently than actual humans (less likely to indicate "I don't know" or give neutral response) B) exaggerate the ubiquity of responses that are merely common among racial/ethnic subgroups (Shocking. I know.) www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Philip Bump, master of data, tests alternative explanations for the testosterone chart. No, it’s not driven by states with more men. Thank you all for your service to my gender & politics course this semester.
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW - The Legacy of Mexico’s Drug War on Youth Political Attitudes - cup.org/4AEn6Sj - @garciaponce.bsky.social & @isabellatingley.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of childhood exposure to criminal violence in Mexico's drug war on political attitudes and behaviors, analyzing urban youth survey data and historical data. It examines interpersonal trust, law enforcement views, and military confrontations, with implications for democratic engagement.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026
I preordered it in the summer and look what came today! Very excited for this one. Congratulations to @jlray.bsky.social, @angelaxocampo.bsky.social, and the off-BlueSky authors!
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.
 
The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/
 
95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055  - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.
 
Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.
 
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.
 
UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is Jason Kelce dressed like he's in the ensemble of Newsies?
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I got Personality!
ALT: I got Personality!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You may ask, why do we stay fans if it's so stressful? We stay because Philadelphia is our home... And how do we keep our insanity? That I can tell you in one word... tradition!
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Tevye (Chaim Topol) Dancing: Tradition!
ALT: Tevye (Chaim Topol) Dancing: Tradition!
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really leaning into the face to face element of the American National Election Studies.
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Job Opportunity! The University of Texas at Austin - Assistant Professor of Medieval History networks.h-net.org/jobs/70469/u...
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
so many people on the internet are so damaged and they deal with it by ascribing the worst possible interpretation to everything they see online and raging at it as though it's what caused the damage in their own lives
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Amanda Friesen @amandafriesen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Chris Dawes (NYU) and I are editing a special issue of The Forum on Sports and American Politics. Deadline for full papers is December 1. We welcome a variety of methods and levels of analysis! Happy to answer questions.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I love my friends and they are all such nerds. We're spending a weekend away and we have an agenda, updated calendar invites, and an extensive discussion of footwear and logistics.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The biggest predictor of pro-sociality was market integration (e.g., economic growth, labor force participation, etc). It forces people to interact with strangers thus supporting the extension of prosocial behavior beyond close-knit circles to include outgroup members. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Market integration accounts for local variation in generalized altruism in a nationwide lost-letter experiment | PNAS
What explains variation in levels of prosocial behavior across communities? And are members of the ingroup and outgroup treated differently? Accord...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People are more pro-social than we think An experiment in which 5,980 lost letters were dispersed in communities found that return rates for ingroup (Italian) & outgroup (foreign) recipients were the same Places that returned more letters to ingroup members also returned more to outgroup members
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Ryan LaRochelle @rlarochelle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I have a piece in today's @bangordailynews.bsky.social where I argue that we need to defend the broader goals of higher ed: developing engaged and worldly citizens who know how to think critically and are prepared for democratic self-government. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/09/24/o...
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Opinion: Higher education is about much more than career preparation
“Post-secondary education has always been about creating an educated citizenry to benefit individuals and the nation as a whole.”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@tompepinsky.com it’s time for the sweater
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Julie Parsonnet @julieparsonnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Stanford is looking for a faculty member in Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine (MD, PhD or MD-PhD). Stanford is such a great, collaborative place to do research. Please share and forward to anyone who might be interested. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/physici...
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Physician Scientist or Scientist in Infectious Diseases - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford Medicine is recruiting a faculty at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor levels to contribute to t...
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Culture for all is a pretty popular position.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Come on man
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why is the search function on Outlook so bad and seemingly worse by the day?
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026
Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.
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SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨New article alert🚨 Check out the latest from @maxwellsu.bsky.social PSC Prof @danielmcdowell.bsky.social on how sanctions are affecting Russian savers.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026
More generally, pundits who interpreted 2024 as a permanent public embrace of Trumpism were wrong. Anyone a major party nominates can win. Power will alternate between the parties. No party will win long-term supermajorities. fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/09/2026
The idea that Latino voters were experiencing a long-term realignment toward Trump in 2024, which was put forth by many reactionary pundits urging acquiescence to the Trump regime, turns out to be false. As some of us argued at the time, they are just very reactive to national conditions.
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Steven W. Webster @stevenwwebster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Excited for the 2nd IU CAP conference next week in Bloomington! Speakers: Taylor Carlson, @elizabethcconnors.bsky.social, Chris DeSante, @sgadarian.bsky.social, @egojunk.bsky.social, @gjmartin.bsky.social, Mary Adams Plooster, @tylerreny.bsky.social. www.iu-cap.com/conference.h...
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IU Center on American Politics
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Everyone is now on notice. All drinks until December are pumpkin spice or cinnamon apple. These are your choices.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's more interesting to me that the newspaper made distancing from Trump as an explicit story than a candidate it running away from an unpopular president.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What's being described there has its own named mathematical law. It's called the Law Of Adverse Selection, and there isn't a single actuary who isn't intimately familiar with that law and why you never, ever *ever* f**k with it.
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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our students don’t deserve this. For those who don’t understand UT Austin admissions, most undergrads get in bc they were top 5% of their graduating class, from a Texas high school. Anyone calling for more white students is advocating for race conscious admissions - to help out white students.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People - including children - will die. Only a question of how many and when.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17/09/2026
Like there weren't enough falling objects.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 09/07/2026
I don't think the government of a democracy should have masked secret police that roam the country murdering people, with their actions treated as totally outside the law.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just got my flu and COVID shots yesterday. I had a mild fever overnight and am achy today but still much better than getting flu or COVID. Go get yours!
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Went to go get lunch in a cafe at the engineering building and saw a robot dog walking around (with its human operator). Both very cool and somewhat disconcerting.
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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 11/09/2026
glad this follow-up study was published in @pspolisci.bsky.social - this takeaway is what I think most folks would agree is the current state of play for the political science academic job market www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Taken together, these findings present a more nuanced picture of the relationship between departmental ranking and candidate outcomes. Overall, placement rates for candidates were similar across higher- and lower-ranked departments, with about 25% of candidates finding permanent academic positions in the 2023–2024 job-market cycle. However, higher-ranked departments had an advantage in placing candidates into postdoctoral positions that may improve their prospects in multiyear searches. In addition, candidates from higher-ranked departments were more likely to secure positions in PhD-granting and higher-ranked institutions, whereas candidates from lower-ranked schools were more likely to find employment at MA-/BA-granting departments.
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E.J. Fagan @ejfagan.com · 14/09/2026
This weekend from @gelliottmorris.com: CBS and The Economist both released polls conducted on YouGov covering a similar period. CBS was D+8 and the Economist was D+11 on the generic ballot. CBS asked the normal generic ballot question. Economist named candidates + parties. Big difference in results
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If Democrats win, one reason will be great recruitment
Plus, Democrats hit +7 in our generic ballot average for the first time this cycle. Your weekly political data roundup for September 13, 2026.
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yeah. Wrote a whole book about it. We make issues salient in discourse through consistent effort. It’s an empirical fact but folks acts like political issues& issue attitudes are sprung from a “kitchen table” cabbage patch. We should argue for what we want. Again & again. Until it’s common sense.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
An important read on continuity of government and on continuity of representation, on the face of a disaster, from an outsider l, terrorist, attack, by @normornstein.bsky.social with a sober declaration, that today, the attack is coming from inside the house.
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Watching Hocus Pocus with youngest kiddo which is fun but not a huge fan of having to explain what virgin means to a 9 year old.
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